Wound package



Jan. l, 1924 J. G. BENTLEY WOUND PACKAGE Filed June 15, 1923 n JV lINVENTOR,

ATTORNEYS Patented `ian., 1, V1924.

inane narran stares ear @rarit JOHN G. BENTLEY, OF PATEt-SON, NEWJERSEY.

WoUNn PACKAGE.

Appncation'sied Julie 15, i923. serii Nofeiaeoe.

sary to make a quill of, very great diameter in comparison to thethickness or wrappings of the filaments around it and it has been alsonecessary to only put a very thin layer of said wrappings around thequill. Otherwise when the wound quill was in use in thel loom, owing tothe nature of the metal filainent which is smooth, liardand also veryheavy, the whole wound mass would have a tendency to slide off the endof the quill as the shuttle was thrown back and for-th in the loom.Therefore, owing to the relatively small amount of filling which can bewound on a quill of this character in comparison with what is wound on aquill when using other materials, such as cotton, silk, etc.,

the production of the metal filled cloth was' very slow and expensivethis being due Ato the vast number of quills a weaver would have to putin his shuttles during a day, making' it necessary to stop the loomevery time a new quill was inserted into the shuttle.

The object of my invention is to produce a wound package in which thequill is'of non-circular or irregular cross section along its windingportion and preferably provided with one or more pronounced edgeswhereby the metal filament winding will be made to cling to the quill,thus rendering it possible to wind to a far greater thickness than waspossible heretofore, without danger of the windings shelling offtliequill and also materially increasing the length of time that a quillwill last when weaving'in the loom and thus relatively increasing theproduction.

By my improvement I have found that the thickness of the wrappings onthe quill can be more than double the diameter of the empty quill, theedge or edges caused by the irregular shape of the quill along thewinding portion thereof serving to grip the metal tightly and distinctlybend it. The metal filament between the edges is wound comparativelyloose so that the outer layers have a tendency to sink into the folds ofthe inner layersat these loose points, thus causing the interlocking ofthe layers and Vpreventing thewindings from shelling off the quill. Thistype of winding will not hinder the drawing ofi' of the filament as itis Ymore or less stiff and has a tendency tofunwind or spring away fromthe quill which causes it toiform a 'wide arc around the quill so `that,it will not catch in any of the edges:

which would be the case if the wrappings were ofa differentnature.

The taper or thickness' of the quill is not materially important as thewrappings may be wound on and drawn off quills ofgreatly varyingthicknesses and tapers.V

The quill which forms a part ofthe wound package may be made in manydifferent forms in cross section.y Several of these forms areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 represents aside elevation of a wound package, the quill of which is secured inVcross section along its winding por- Y tion. Y v

Fig. 2 represents a cross section taken in the plane of theline 'l1-IIof Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 vrepresents a sidevelevation of a wound package, lthe quillofwhich is triangular in cross section. c w

Fig. 4 represents ak cross section taken` in the plane of the line V-Vof Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 .represents a side elevation of a wound package, the quill ofwhich is provided with four spiral grooves Valong its winding portion.

Fig. 6 represents a cross section taken in the plane of the line VI#VIof Fig. 1n Figs. 1 and 2 the winding portion of the quill is denoted by1, the headed end by 2 and the non-headed end by 3. The traverse woundmetal filament is denoted by 4. In this particular form of wound packagethe lwinding portion of the quill is square in vcross section. The foursides 5, 6, 7, 8 lforming between them four pronounced edges or corners9, 10, 11, 12.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the winding portion of the quill is denoted by 13, theheaded end by 14 and the non-headed end by 15. yThe winding portion ofthe quill is triangular in cross section in this particular form ofvwound package. The three sides 16,117, 18Y forming between thempronounced edges'or corners 19, 20, 21. In/Figs. 5 and the windingportion of the quill is denoted by 22, the headed end by 23 and thenon-headed the edges so as to permit the interlocking of thev severallayers of the windings and thus prevent the shelling oft" of the coils`from the end of' the quill and thus destroy the further usefulnessthereof.

The provision of these edges also permit the traverse winding oi aninterlocked mass of the metal filament on the quill, such mass having asubstantial thickness between its* ends as compared to the diameter ofthe quill in the corresponding cross sectional plane'.

It is evident that the edges or corners formed along the winding portionof the quill, which forms a part of the wound package may be sharp orblunt as the case may be, and that the body of the quill when viewed incross section along its winding portion may assume many different shapesbetween such edges or corners so long as the metal filament windingswill be caused to become interlocked and thus permit a substantialthickness of the traverse wound material to be retained on the quill,the same not being dependent upon the size or the diameter of the quill,the invention being as applicable to quills of' small diameter as toquills of large diameter.

What I claim is l. A metal filament wound shuttle package comprising aquill multi-sided in cross section along its winding portion and atraverse of the metal filacomprising a quill square'in cross sectionyalong its winding portionand a traverse wound interlocked mass of tliemetal filament thereon. f

4. A metal filamentwouiid shuttle package comprising a quill multi-sidedin cross section along'its winding 'portion andra traversev woundinterlocked mass of the nietal filament thereon, the said mass' havingasubstantial thickness between its ends as compared to the diameter ofthe quillV in the corresponding cross sectional plane.

5.l A' metal filament wound'shuttle package comprising a quillrectangular in cross sec. tion along its winding portion and a traversewound interlocked ,mass of the metal filai ment thereon, the said masshaving a substantial thickness between its ends as'compared to thediameterof the quill in the corresponding cross sectional plane. v

6. A metal filament wound shuttle package comprising a quill square incross section alongfit's winding portion' and a traverse woundinterlocked mass Vof the metal filament thereon, the said mass having asubstantial'thickness between its ends as compared to thev diameter ofthe quill in the corresponding cross sectional plane.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy naine this 5thr day of June, 1923.

JOHNv G. BENTLEY. Y

